- Sep 13, 2020
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I see many faults in Ange recently, playing the suicidal high line, having players starting based on name and not form, sticking to his only formation albeit not working anymore (something Conte did and it made me mad), but for me there is one huge factor that most of our fanbase does not realize. Our attack is weak, to not say shit.
let me repeat again: we have the weakest attack options in all of the big 6. And I would go as far as to say that Villa, West Ham and Newcastle all have better players and options for attack than us. If you take out Sonny (who is not in his prime anymore) we don’t have ONE elite player upfront. Werner is shit, Johnson could become one in the future, but it’s not one right now, Kulu is not a winger and Richy is a decent striker, but nothing more. We desperately need elite players upfront for Ange’s system to work. Yesterday was a perfect example of how right now we have all the downside of his system (the defense completely exposed) without any of the upside, as our attack was completely absent. This is so true for me that if Kane had stayed, I’m 100% sure we would be fighting for the title. He is that good that having a functional, attacking team working around him would transform us into title contenders. Kane’s exit, and without a replacement, can never be understated enough
also, I think we massively overrated our midfield. Sarr will be a future star, but is not ready yet. Benta cur is still regaining form, Maddison recently is doing his best Holtby cosplay and Bissouma fooled us in the first 8 games just to return to his inconsistent, lazy self that Conte couldn’t trust, and rightfully so I would say. A functional and trustful 6 is a must for this style of play, as Rodri and Rice show for City and the Scum.
this change of personal is paramount to judge Ange’s work. Klopp and Arteta could only manage good teams when that happened for them. And although Ange is taking some very wrong decisions lately, we can’t judge him until he also have that.
let me repeat again: we have the weakest attack options in all of the big 6. And I would go as far as to say that Villa, West Ham and Newcastle all have better players and options for attack than us. If you take out Sonny (who is not in his prime anymore) we don’t have ONE elite player upfront. Werner is shit, Johnson could become one in the future, but it’s not one right now, Kulu is not a winger and Richy is a decent striker, but nothing more. We desperately need elite players upfront for Ange’s system to work. Yesterday was a perfect example of how right now we have all the downside of his system (the defense completely exposed) without any of the upside, as our attack was completely absent. This is so true for me that if Kane had stayed, I’m 100% sure we would be fighting for the title. He is that good that having a functional, attacking team working around him would transform us into title contenders. Kane’s exit, and without a replacement, can never be understated enough
also, I think we massively overrated our midfield. Sarr will be a future star, but is not ready yet. Benta cur is still regaining form, Maddison recently is doing his best Holtby cosplay and Bissouma fooled us in the first 8 games just to return to his inconsistent, lazy self that Conte couldn’t trust, and rightfully so I would say. A functional and trustful 6 is a must for this style of play, as Rodri and Rice show for City and the Scum.
this change of personal is paramount to judge Ange’s work. Klopp and Arteta could only manage good teams when that happened for them. And although Ange is taking some very wrong decisions lately, we can’t judge him until he also have that.
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